GEO 793 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hijab, Gated Community, Heteronormativity

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Everyday lives in vertical neighborhoods exploring bangaldeshi residential spaces in. Most modernist residential high-rises were conceived of and produced as sterile commodities function was to provide affordable housing in the city. Wealthy citizens successfully persuaded governments, planners, developers, and architects to stop building affordable rental high-rises in their own backyards. In toronto census metropolitan area (cma), rental high-rises have formidable presence. Etobicoke, the jane and finch corridor in north york, crescent town in east york, and malvern in scarborough. Inner suburbs were planned on principles of keynesian welfare state, encouraging mixed housing developments high-rises built alongside low-density, single-family homes along transportation arteries: led to massive development of high-rises in inner suburbs, esp. 1960s and 1970s: growing aversion in mid-1970s led city council to decr. suburban intesification trend still continues today. Large volumes of immigrant families gravitated towards ageing high-rise buildings for several reasons: presence of relatively low-cost units, larger-sized family-friendly apartments, proximity to work and ethnic institutions.

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